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HARRY M. HAMRICK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,301, dated November 25, 1890. Application filed February 28, 1890. SerialNo. 342.059. (No model-5 To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY M. HAMRIGK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of- Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve-ments in Toy Registering Savings-Banks, of which the following is a specification.

The principal objects of my present invention are, first, to provide an inexpensive, compact, and durable registering savings-bank having only one opening for the reception of coins of various denominations and having efficient means for separating the coins of different denominations and depositing those of like denomination in a suitable receptacle. and, second, to provide a toy registering savings-bank which is adapted to register the money value of the coins of each denomination deposited therein and to automatically lock and unlock each of the coin-receptacles after a certain predetermined or fixed money value of like coins has been placed in the bank.

My invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the parts ot'l a toy savings-bank, as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which- Figure l is a top or plan view of a toy registerin g savings-bank embodying the features o'f my invention and showing the single opening for the reception of the coins, and also the knob for actuating the means for separating and registering coins of different denominations. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, showing the mechanism in dotted lines for separating the coins of different denominations. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, showing the registering-disks and mechanism for actuating the same, and also the receptacles for the coins of like denominations. Fig. 4 isa vertical section on the line 4 et of Fig. l, showing the mechanism for automatically locking and unlocking the coin-receptacles when the latter contain a certain money value of coins of that denomination, and also the pawl for actuating the registering-wheels; and Fig.'5 is a detached view of the mechanism for separating coins of different denominations, showing two plates, one in dotted lines attached in use to the interior of the housing of the bank and separated by guide-strips and forming between them a passage for coins of dif-` ferent denoninations, and also ways adaptedl for the reception of a movable plate provided with depending lugs for detaining the coins and with a knob protruding beyond the housing of the bank for actuating said plate, also showing spring-actuated coin-holders, which with said depending lugs detain the coins until they are forced by depressing said movable plate by means of the knob past said coin-holders into one of the coin-receptacles.

In the drawings, a is the main housing of the bank, which is shown rectangular in ferm, but which may be of any preferred configuration. The top of the housing is provided with apertures a', a2, and a3, through which the dial-numbers o0, oc', and m2 are seen, and with a slot a4 for the reception of the money to be placed in the bank.

The side A of the bank is provided with a vertical slot o8,through which protrudes ahandle or knob c, projecting from a plate h.

The bottom of the bank is provided with three openings o5, a6, and a7 for permitting of the removal of the coins therefrom.,

d is a horizontal partition secured to the housing of the bank and extending from the side A of the bank nearly to the side A thereof. This partition d is turned up or iianged near the side A of the bank and sheared or otherwise shaped to form a vertical trape zoidal partition d', having an oblique edge d2, as illustrated in Fig. 5 and in full lines in Fig. 2, in order to prevent the coins from falling into the chamber containing the registering mechanism. This partition d is provided with curved slots C112, d3, and d", with apertures d5, d, and (Z7, for a purpose to be presently described.

e and e are vertical partitions extending upward from the bottom and from one side IOO between the side A and the partition CZ', as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, for guiding the coins,

' after t-hey have been separated, into the particular receptacles adapted for tion.

The partitions d, e, and e and the sides of the bank form'the receptacles f, f', and f2, Figs. 2, 3, and 5, for the reception of the coins of the different denominations.

g, Figs. 4 and 5, is a re-enforce plate having a lower oblique edge g5 and a slot g, secured to the interior of the side A of the bank, and having apertures gg, gm, and g formed therein. g isa similarly-shaped plate extending across the bank parallel with and near to the side A thereof and forming one side of the chute orpassage y, Fig. 5, through which the coins are permitted to descend to the interior of the bank.

g2 and g3 are vertical guide-stri ps interposed between the plates g and g and retained to place by means of the screws g4.

Zt is a plate provided with downwardly-dependinglugs ZL and h2 for engaging the coin and with a horizontal'lug h3, passing through the slots g and as to the exterior of the housing, and secured to or formed integral with the knob orhandle c. This plate Z1. is adapted to slide freely upward and downward in the space included by the plates g and g andthe guide-strips g2 and g3, Fig. 5. However, the upward movement of the plate 7L is limited by the upper portions thereof contacting with the top of the bank, and the downward movement thereof is limited by the lug h2 contacting with the bottom of the slot as, formed in the side A of the bank.

s is a spring secured to the plate g and adapted to maintain the plate ZL in a normally elevated position, as shown in Fig. 2.

c', t', and 2 are studs or journals disposed diagonally with relation to the top of the bank and supported in the apertures (Z5, (ZG, and CZT of the partition (Z and in the apertures Q9, gw, and g of the plate g. Upon these lugs are pivotally mounted the coinholders i3, i, and 5, provided with pins t, i7, and 8,exte1idiiig through the slots rZ12, (Z2, and LZ* and extending into the chamber containing the registering' mechanism. Care must be exercised to so place the studs i, c, and Z2 as that a coin cannot pass downward between the coin-holders z2, t, and when the latter are in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The springs S2 are interposed between the lugs and the coin-holders in order to maintain the latter normally in such position. The vertical plate r horizontal plate (Z, and the sides 0f the bank form an internal chamber D, adapted for the reception of the registering mechanism, hereinafter described.

The registering mechanism consists of wheels K, K', and K2, journaled ou the shafts 7.-., k', and k2. These shafts Zt', Zt', and k2 are located in the chamber D and aresupported in the vertical standards h4, secured to the upper surface of the horizontal plate (Z. The

their recepnumerals from O to 975, advancing by intervals of twenty-tive units, are arranged in regular order upon the peripheral surface of the wheel K for registering the monetary value in cents of the quarter-ofadollar coins deposited in the bank. The numerals from 0 to 195, advancing by intervals of five units, are arranged in regular order upon the peripheral surface of the wheel K for registering the monetary value in cents of the nickels or live-cent pieces deposited in the bank. The numerals from O to 490, advancing by intervals of ten units, are arranged in regular order upon the peripheral surface of the wheel. K2 for registering the total monetary value in cents of the dimes deposited in the bank.

Z is a ratchet-.wheel mounted on the shaft Ze and adapted to turn with the wheel K. This ratchet-wheel Z is provided with a number of teeth corresponding with the number of numerals a: arranged upon the wheel K, so that the revolution of the wheel Z through the space occupied by one tooth causes the wheel K to advance, so as to expose the next suceeedin g numeral to view through the opening a in the top of the bank.

Z and Z2 are ratchet-wheels mounted on the shafts Ze" and 7a2 and adapted to tu rn with the wheels K and K2, respectively. These ratchet-wheels Z and Z2 are provided wit-h a number of teeth corresponding with the number of numerals 1.1; and r2 arranged upon the wheels K and K2 in a similar manner to the arrangement of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel Z with reference to the numerals upon the wheel K, as above described.

n, n', and n.2 are ratchet-arms pivot-ally mounted on the shafts 7.2, 7e', and Z112 aud provided, respectively, with horizontal fingers n2, n4, and ni and with spring-actuated pawls n, nl, and n for engaging with the teeth of the ratchet-wheels Z, Z', and Z2. The horizontal fingers n2, n4, and n engage with the pins fi, ft2, and i8 of the coin-holders t2, i, and 'if'.

o, o, and o2 are doors fitted to the openings a5, a6, and of and respectively provided with lugs o3 for engaging the sido of the opening and with staples ol.

p', p2, and p2 are latches pivotally mounted upon the counter-shaft p and provided at the respective extremities thereof with latches p for engaging the staples 0"l and with travelers p5. The travelers pi are forced into close contact with the peripheral surfaces of the cam-wheels i* by means of the springs s4. 'lhe cam-wheels o' are respectively secured to the wheels K, K', and K2 and revolve with them.

i" are V-shaped radial slots cut in the camwheels r and adapted for the reception of the traveler p5.

The mode of operation of my invention is as follows: The several wheels K, K, and Y2 being placed so that the numeral 0 or zero will be visible through the openings a', a2, and d in the top of the bank, the travelers p5 are forced by the springs s4 into the V-shaped o', and o2 may then be slots 9", and the doors o,

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upon it will roll by its own weight past the' lugs h and h2 and the coin-holders i3 and 4 l and finally come to rest in contact with the strip g3, attached between the plates g and g', and directly overl the coin-holder i5 and beneath the plate 7L. then depressed, and with it the plate h. The downward motion of the plate h pushing the dime downward, thereby overcoming the resistance of the spring s2 and turning the coinholder, permits the dime to drop into the coinreceptacle f?. The downward motion of the coin-holder causes the pin B to engage with the horizontal linger a5 and move it and the ratchet-arm n2 downward. At the same time the pawl fns, engaging with the ratchet-wheel t2, turns the wheel K2 so as to expose the numeral l0 through the aperture a3. When the dime has fallen into the receptacle f2, the

spring s2 returns the coin-holder 5 to its normal position, thus permitting the ratchet-arm n2 to return to its'normal position. While the ratchet-arm 'n2 is returning to its normal position, the pawl ns slides freely over the teeth of the ratchet-wheel Z2 without turning the wheel K2, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4. During the above operation the cam-wheel r, turning with the wheel K2, forces the traveler p5 out of the slot fr', and thus automatically locks the door o2 to place. Each time a dime is deposited in the bank the cam-wheel r is slightly rotated, and after a predetermined number of dimes (iifty in the present instance) have been deposited the V-shaped sl ot fr again comes opposite the traveler p5, and the latter is then forced into the slot r' by the spring s4, thus withdrawing the latch p4 from the staple o4 and permitting the door o2 to be again opened and the dimes removed.

For the sake of a further description of my invention it will be assumed that a nickel or five-cent piece is deposited or dropped into the opening a4. The nickel will descend vertically through the passage y until it contacts with the coin-holder t3, and it will then roll past the lug h', as before; but it will contact with lug h2 and come to rest over the coin-holder 4 and beneath the plate h, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The handle c is then depressed and the nickel forced into the receptacle f', while at the same time the wheel K is advanced in the manner above described. When a certain predetermined number of nickels (forty in the present instance) have been deposited, the door 0 is automatically unlocked and may be readily opened and the coins removed. lf atwentyve-cent piece be dropped or deposited in the opening a4, it will descend vertically through the passage y and roll until itr contacts with the lug h and comes to rest directly over the coin-holder i3 and beneath the plate h. The

The knob or. handle c is handle c is then depressed and the quarter deposited in the receptacle f in the manner above set forth, while at the same time the wheel K is advanced so as to expose the numeral 25. It will be readily understood that when a certain predetermined number of quarters (forty in the present instance) have been deposited the door 0 will be automatically unlocked for permitting of the removal of the quarters from the chamber f.

It will be seen that a coin must actually be deposited in the opening d4 before any of the dials canbe made to register, because unless a coin is deposited in the bank the handle c may be depressed without in any way affecting the coin-holders and registering mechanism. Moreover it is not possible to place a coin in the bank without registering the same, and thus a correct register of all sums deposited is kept.

Although a bank has been described which is adapted to receive and register niekels, dimes, and quarters and to be opened .only when the sum of two dollars in nickels,

ten dollars in quarters, or ve dollars in dimes have been placed therein, still my invention is not limited to this exact construction, as it is clearly within the spirit thereof to construct a bank in-which other denominations of coins may be deposited and the value thereof in cents registered and which4 will permit of being opened when other predetermined sums have been deposited.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in a toy savings-bank having one opening for the reception of coins of various denominations, of coinrreceptacles, spring-actuated coin-holders located above the coin-receptacles, a movable plate, lugs secured thereto for separating and detaining like coins above said receptacles and beneath said movable plate, and means for actuating said movable plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, in a toy registering savings-bank having an opening for the reception of coins of various denominations, ot' spring-actuated coin-holders, a movable plate provided with lugs for separating and detaining like coins, registering-wheels journaled to a shaft, ratchet-wheels secured to said wheels, and ratchet-arms pivoted to said shaft and provided with spring-actuated pawls for engaging the ratchet-wheels and with fingers engaging said coin-holders, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, in a toy registering savings-bank having an opening for the reception of coins of various denominations, of spring-actuated coin-holders, two guide-plates separated to form a space over said coin-holders, and which also registers with the said opening, a plate movable between the guideplates, and means for actuating the movable plate, substantially as specified.

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4. The combination, in a toy registering :ite said movable plate, substantially :is and savings-bank having an opening for the reoepfor the purpose specified. tion of Coins of various denominations, of In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my spring-actuated coin-holders, two guide-plates signature in Jbhe presence of two subscribing 5 separated to form a space over said coin-holdwitnesses.

ers, and which also registers with the said opening,a. plate movable between said guideplates and having an oblique edge and Cle- VitnesseS: pending lugs, registering mechanism aotu- GEO. NV. REED, Io ated by said coin-holders, and means to aoiu- CHAS. C. COLLIER.

HARRY H. IIAMRCK. 

